diff --git a/invesalius/constants.py b/invesalius/constants.py
index eb75117..b239b3a 100644
--- a/invesalius/constants.py
+++ b/invesalius/constants.py
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ WINDOW_LEVEL = {_("Abdomen"):(350,50),
 REDUCE_IMAGEDATA_QUALITY = 0
 
 ICON_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join('..', 'icons'))
-SAMPLE_DIR = "/usr/share/doc/invesalius-examples/examples/"
+SAMPLE_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join('..', 'samples'))
 DOC_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join('..', 'docs'))
 
 
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